A Message from Our CEO – February 2026

“Meetings: because none of us is as dumb as all of us together.”

–Random Agent

In the end, when you die, and when work colleagues reflect on your contributions, no one will ever say, “He really loved weekly meetings.”

The most exciting news about the workplace this month isn’t about your concierge robot agent going rogue — it’s the glimmer of hope that we might finally stop wasting our lives in purposeless meetings. Everybody hates meetings. So why do we have so many? And why do they populate the landscape of your calendar like mold spores?

Frustrated by bureaucratic sluggishness, Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri is banning most recurring meetings. My hero.

And he’s not wrong.

In feudal fashion, middle managers gather 12 people online like Knights of the Round Table. But they’re not worthy me Lord, for they shall be in little squares—2-dimensional. Dull. Surreptitiously checking who is leading the Olympic’s endless curling competition.

Here is what suffers in these meetings: Speed and momentum. You are better off Slacking in real time with a colleague or a small group. Address the issue head-on. Right away. In the moment. Get ‘er done! Today… don’t wait till Wednesday at 9:00am.

Before you schedule your next meeting, try this ruthless filter:

• Is a decision required right now?

• Is real dialogue necessary?

• Could this be handled asynchronously?

If not — cancel it.

Your team doesn’t need more meetings. Give them a wide berth. Space, and more freedom to actually do their work, thank you.

Take off the shackles.

Because when it’s all said and done, Conference Room B will not miss you. In fact, treat it to some long overdue peace and quiet.

Free. The. Work.

Warren